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Daily - 22nd February 2012

Service users and people in recovery have a key role to play in leading the development
of local drug and alcohol treatment systems, Paul Hayes told DDN's Together
we Stand service user conference in Birmingham on Thursday 16 February
| NTA, UK

While there is a sense the number of deaths from overdoses of
prescription painkillers and other drugs has been growing, there is no
central clearing house that can provide definitive statistics | CBC News,
Canada

When first exposed to cocaine, the adolescent brain launches a
strong defensive reaction designed to minimize the drug's effects, Yale
and other scientists have found. Now two new studies by a Yale team identify
key genes that regulate this response and show that interfering with this
reaction dramatically increases a mouse's sensitivity to cocaine | Science
Daily, USA

Smoking will be banned at bus stops, taxi ranks, playgrounds,
public sports grounds, and swimming pools and outdoor dining areas under
tobacco reforms announced today by the NSW government | Sydney Morning
Herald, Australia

This report is a short summary of the following book chapter published
in the Russian language: Latypov, A. (2011). Drug dealers, drug lords and
drug warriors-cum-traffickers: Drug crime and the narcotics market in Tajikistan
| Eurasian Harm Reduction Network

Yuri Fedotov, the head of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime,
told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that in addition to an upsurge
in cocaine trafficking, West Africa is experiencing an increase in piracy,
arms and human trafficking | Washington Post, USA

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